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There is a shortage of nurses throughout the U.S., with Hawaii having the fewest nurses per 1,000 residents.

A survey, conducted by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, said millennials are changing their lifestyles instead of using opioids to manage chronic pain, Science Daily reports.

The VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017 reported staff hourly wages by position in five regions across the country.

Immuron Limited began its phase I/II clinical study of IMM-529, a Clostridium difficile infection treatment.

HHS is in need of members for its new pain management task force, Pain Medicine News reports.

Optum's pharmacy care services company, OptumRX, is combatting opioid misuse and abuse through its Opioid Risk Management Program. Optum released the initial results on the program that featured more than 400 clients.

CDC data found patients spend less time, on average, in an ASC operating room compared to a hospital's OR.

The ASC industry is growing and changing as the healthcare system moves toward value-based care. Here are 100 things to know about ASCs, ASC chains and key trends for the future.

Since two physicians opened the first modern day surgery center in 1970 in Arizona as a high quality, lower cost alternative to inpatient hospital surgery care, Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) have transformed the surgical landscape.

In a blog post, The Joint Commission's High Reliability Initiatives Director Coleen Smith shared her thoughts on the sixth tenet of safety culture: determining an organizational baseline measure on safety culture performance using a validated tool.